Amanda's Final Message (8 pics + video)

This story is absolutely heartbreaking. In January, 2013, a girl named Amanda, also known as a Twitter user @TrappedAtMyDesk found out that she had brain cancer. She was updating her Twitter until her death.

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In January 2013, Amanda told her Twitter followers that she received bad news from her doctors.

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She had brain cancer. She updated her Twitter with sincere and absolutely heartbreaking reactions.

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She said she quit her job. She thought it was pointless to work for the last three months of her life.

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The thoughts Amanda had during her last months on this earth were put on Twitter.

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She traveled around the world, but had to go home when she started to get sick.

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“Tomorrow, I go back into the hospital for the last time.” The sadness and finality in her tweets is heartbreaking.

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In April, 2013, her brother James updated her account, letting people know Amanda had passed away.

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“Be good to each other.” More people should follow Amanda’s wise advice.

She had surgery within a month of being diagnosed. The first month of her recovery my step father and I went through the arduous task of learning about radiation treatments, chemotherapy, fighting doctors, looking for hospice care and dealing with multiple insurance providers at the same time. By the time she was healthy enough to make her own decisions about her life again, it had grown back.

More surgery and treatments were useless at this point. She died about a month later.

Glioblastoma multiforme is quite literally the worst form of brain cancer you can get. I feel for Amanda, her brother and the rest of her family but I'm happy she was able to really LIVE the days she had remaining.